GRIGGS v. BENNETT

1960453.

710 So.2d 411 (1998)

Winston GRIGGS and Mary J. Gilmore v. Secretary of State Jim BENNETT.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Smith, Dothan, for appellants.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and John J. Park, Jr., deputy atty. gen., for appellee.


SEE, Justice.

Winston Griggs and Mary Gilmore filed this action to require Secretary of State Jim Bennett to place a newly created circuit court judgeship on the ballot for the 1996 primary and general elections. The trial court denied the relief, holding that § 6.14 of Amendment 328 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901 required the initial appointee to the judgeship to seek election in 1998, not 1996. We affirm.

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